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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is 208/251 .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is 172/251

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is 208/251 .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is 172/251

we have deter mine whether is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.or in shortwhether Jn>AbJb+Jn+Ab+An=total=251statement 1:Japan or reading novel or both = all japanese and all who read novel= Jn+Jb+An=208.....(as probabity is 208/251)this gives Ab=251-208=43....BUT WE CANNOT DETERMINE what is the share of Jn in 208hence insufficient

statement 2:Australia or reading a biography or both= all australians and all who read biography=Ab+An+Jb=172...(as probability is 172/251)same as statement 1 this is insuffficient as we will be unable to take out Abhence insufficient

now subtract those two equations..you will get Jn+Jb+An-Ab-An-Jb=208-172=36or Jn-Ab=36clearly Jn>Ab...hence probability of Jn will be more..hence sufficient..

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02 Dec 2013, 13:27

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .

a!Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.

b!Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.

c!BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .

You needn't give the standard 5 options for DS questions. They are the same for every question and people know them.

We need to know whether JN is greater than AB. JN represents number of people from Japan and reading a novel. AB represents number of people from Australia and reading a Biography and so on.JN + AN + JB + AB = total number of people

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is 208/251.

JN + AN + JB represent the passengers who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both. They sum up to 208 if total number of passengers is 251. This means AB = 251 - 208 = 43. But we don't know the value of JN so we cannot compare JN with AB.

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is 172/251.....................Japan...........AustraliaNovel.............JN.....................ANBiography......JB......................AB

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .

a!Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.

b!Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.

c!BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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03 Dec 2013, 11:44

Hello all,

I am extremely sorry if this is not the correct place to ask but I could not find any other suitable section, so I am asking my query here. Can someone(quant experts) please help me on probability - concepts and questions. I am quite good in other areas including permutation and combination. My weaknes in probability is I do not know the resources to refer to improve my understanding and solve tough intermediate and tough problems.

Please guide since probability questions are most likely to come as the score increases.

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I am extremely sorry if this is not the correct place to ask but I could not find any other suitable section, so I am asking my query here. Can someone(quant experts) please help me on probability - concepts and questions. I am quite good in other areas including permutation and combination. My weaknes in probability is I do not know the resources to refer to improve my understanding and solve tough intermediate and tough problems.

Please guide since probability questions are most likely to come as the score increases.

Re: Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan [#permalink]

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16 Nov 2014, 05:34

VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:

garry_arora2000 wrote:

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .

You needn't give the standard 5 options for DS questions. They are the same for every question and people know them.

We need to know whether JN is greater than AB. JN represents number of people from Japan and reading a novel. AB represents number of people from Australia and reading a Biography and so on.JN + AN + JB + AB = total number of people

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is 208/251.

JN + AN + JB represent the passengers who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both. They sum up to 208 if total number of passengers is 251. This means AB = 251 - 208 = 43. But we don't know the value of JN so we cannot compare JN with AB.

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is 172/251.....................Japan...........AustraliaNovel.............JN.....................ANBiography......JB......................AB

Using both statements we know AB = 43 and JN = 79 so JN is greater. Sufficient.Answer (C)

i do not understand why you say "JN + AN + JB represent the passengers who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both" . Shouldn't it be (JN+JB) + (JN+AN) + (JN) , which makes it 3JN+AN+JB. Please help!

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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .

You needn't give the standard 5 options for DS questions. They are the same for every question and people know them.

We need to know whether JN is greater than AB. JN represents number of people from Japan and reading a novel. AB represents number of people from Australia and reading a Biography and so on.JN + AN + JB + AB = total number of people

(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is 208/251.

JN + AN + JB represent the passengers who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both. They sum up to 208 if total number of passengers is 251. This means AB = 251 - 208 = 43. But we don't know the value of JN so we cannot compare JN with AB.

(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is 172/251.....................Japan...........AustraliaNovel.............JN.....................ANBiography......JB......................AB

Using both statements we know AB = 43 and JN = 79 so JN is greater. Sufficient.Answer (C)

i do not understand why you say "JN + AN + JB represent the passengers who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both" . Shouldn't it be (JN+JB) + (JN+AN) + (JN) , which makes it 3JN+AN+JB. Please help!

You are counting instances, not people. We need the number of people instead.

JN is the number of people who are Japanese and reading novels. JB is the number of people who are Japanese and reading biographies. Total JN and JB account for all Japanese.AN is the number of Aussies reading novels. AB is the number of Aussies who are reading biographies. AN + AB account for all Aussies.

JN+JB+AN+AB account for all people in the plane.

Number of people who are either from Japan or reading a novel or both includes all people on the plane except Aussies who are reading biographies. So JN+JB+AN represents the number of people who are either Japanese or reading a novel or both.

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